Improvement in attachments for securing rings and handles to pocket-books



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IMPROVEMl-NT `INN ATTACHMENTS FOR SECURING RINGS AND HANDLES T0 POCKET-BOOKS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,481, dated January 13, 1874; application filed December 9, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THnoDoRE SCHIMPER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Attachment for Rings, Handles, or other Articles to PocketBooks and the like, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to produce a` neat, simple, and secure attachment for fastening rings, chains, or handles, and other appendages, to pocket-books, satchels, and similar articles. To this end it consists in a clip-like attachment, stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, with two prongs, which afford the means of attachment to the pocket-book or other article, and an intermediate eye for the reception of t-he appendage, formed by cutting in the clip two slits, and setting up its intervening portion, whereby is obtained an eX- tremely simple and efficient attachment, which can be fastened to anypart of the pocket-book, and is especially adapted for fastening handles, because they need not be fastened to the side edges of the iiap, and when the handles are fastened to the book at a distance from it-s edges, the appearance of the article is much enhanced, as will readily be perceived by inspecting the accompanying` drawing.

Figure l in the drawing is a perspective view of a pocket-book having its handle fastened to it by this improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the attachments alone. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same with a ring in its eye, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the same from prong to prong.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several gures.

A indicates the body of the pocketbook; B, its iiap or cover7 and C its handles. D D designate the attachments which form the subject of this invention. They somewhat resem ble clips,havin g at each end a prong or tooth, a, which passes through the pocket-book, and its protruding portion is bent over against the inner `side of the pocket-book, and thereby firmly secured to it. In the middle of each of these attachments two slits are cut, and the intervening portion is struck up to somewhat resemble a bridge, which, together with the body of the attachment, forms an eye, c, that receives and holds the ring or other appendage to be fastened to the pocket-book. To enable the attachment the better to receive the appendage, it is stamped out sidewise from the eye, as illustrated at f f in Fig. 2, whereby the appendage is permitted to enter the body of the attachment, and has, therefore, plentyr of room to move in, and consequently is free to turn. The entire body of the attachment is struck up, so that it is raised slightly from the article to which it is fastened, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This enhances its appearance, and renders it more prominent as an ornament to the pocket-book, aside from the increased strength which is thereby afforded to it.

This attachment is especially applicable for fastening chains or other handles to pocketbooks, on account nof its cheapness and ornamental appearance, and more especially on ac count of the facility afforded for fastening the handles at a distance from the side edges of the pocket-book-a result that has not been at tained hitherto in so efficient a manner. The attachments hitherto generally employed for this purpose have embraced the edges of the pocket-books iiap, and been furnished with eyes attheir overlapping ends. They are not nearly so secure as these of mine, and cannot compare with them, either in neatness or in cheapness of manufacture. Mine are cheaper, because of the materially less amount of metal in them, and because less labor is expended on them. They are-applicable, as before mentioned, to fasten various other appendages to pocket-books, and they are useful for other purposes.

What I claim as my invention is The plate D, constructed of a single piece v of metal, with the engaging-prongs a, struckup eye c, and recesses ff, for connecting a handle with a pocketbook, substantially as herein shown and described.

THEODORE SCHIMPER Witnesses:

EDWIN H. BROWN, MICHAEL RYAN. 

